John Lynch is a trial attorney with a national litigation practice. John is the leader of the Financial Services Litigation Team and works with attorneys handling class action and individual cases. He also represents companies and executives in intellectual property cases and commercial matters, involving patent shareholder/partner disputes, construction, commercial contracts, and real estate. John is a lecturer with Federal Judges on how to litigate cases in the Eastern District of Virginia (Rocket Docket) and consumer litigation topics.

Consumer Class Action and Individual Cases
Yarish v. U.S. Bank, 3:08cv380 (E.D. Va. 2009) (FCRA class action) 

Towles v. B.P. Products North America, Inc. (Ill. N.D. 2009) (FCRA Class action)

McCormick v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15406 (S.D.W.V. 2009) (FDCPA class action)

Watkins v. Wells Fargo Home Mortg., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47834 (S.D.W.V. 2008) (predatory lending class action)

Johnson v. Mid-Atlantic Fin. Co., Inc. (E.D. Va. 2006) (FCRA and ECOA class action)

Baldwin v. National Auto Fin. Co., Inc. (E.D. Va. 2006) (ECOA class action)

Thomas v. Centrix Financial, LLC (E.D. Va. 2005) (ECOA class action)

Davis v. Citifinancial Auto Corp. (E.D. Va. 2005) (ECOA class action)

Castro v. Solstice Capital Group, Inc. (D. Conn. 2005) (RESPA class action)

Cook v. Certegy Payment Recovery Services (E.D. Va. 2004) (FDCPA class action)

Ewald v. National City Mortg. Co. (Hanover County Circuit Court 1998) (predatory lending case)

Defended dozens of cases in numerous states involving federal and state consumer protection statutes (FCRA, FACTA, FDCPA, ECOA, RESPA, etc.), and common law claims.

Intellectual Property
Heinz KETTLER GmbH & Co., KG v. Indian Industries, Inc. 592 F. Supp. 2d 880; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3227 (E.D. Va. 2009) (patent infringement)

Rescue Phone, Inc. v. Enforcement Technologies Group, Inc. (E.D. Va. 2007) (patent infringement)

Heinz KETTLER GmbH & Co., KG v. Friendly Toys Corp. (E.D. Va. 2007) (patent infringement)

GIV, LLC v. International Business Machines Corp. (E.D. Va. 2007) (represented computer manufacturer in defense of patent infringement claims)

Heinz KETTLER GmbH & Co., KG v. Radio Flyer, Inc. (E.D. Va. 2004) (patent and trade dress infringement)

Military Circle Mall v. Military Circle Pawn Shop (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 1997) (trademark infringement)

Complex Litigation
Johnson v. Washington, 559 F.3d 238; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 3596 (4th Cir. Feb. 24, 2009) (predatory lending)

Global Ampersand LLC v. Crown Engineering and Constr., Inc. (E.D. Ca. 2008) (construction)

Station 2 LLC v. Marathon Development Group, et al. (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 2006) (trial court dismissed claims against clients) (on appeal)

401 Granby LLC v. Baylor, CH05-2033 (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 2005) (real estate)

TradeStaff & Co. v. Geissinger (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 2004) (injunction ordered in non-compete case)

Cromer v. Tradestaff & Co. 2004 WL 1059746 (Richmond Cir. Ct. 2004)

Chenault v. Tradestaff & Co. 2004 WL 1059755 (Richmond Cir. Ct. 2004)

Amark Corp. v. WAKO Chemicals USA, Inc. (Chesterfield Cir. Ct. 2004) (construction dispute involving large chemical plant)

Llobell v. Valley Poultry and Produce, Inc. (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 2003) (corporate dissolution)

Buenger v. Fluor Daniel, (W.D. Va. 2003) (obtained dismissal for Fluor in construction case)

McMillion v. Dryvit Sys, Inc., 262 Va. 463, 552 S.E.2d 364 (2001) (EIFS litigation)

Lesner Pointe Condo. Ass’n v Dryvit Sys. (Va. Beach Cir. Ct., 2000) (EIFS litigation)

Newco. Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 31792 (4th Cir. Nov. 12, 1997) (affirming dismissal by the district court of Newco’s complaint for failure to state a claim)

Insurance
Mirabile v. Life Co. of N. Am., (E.D. Va. June 12, 2007), aff’d (4th Cir. 2008) (summary judgment for LINA)

Moore v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4925 (N.D.W.V. 2007) (summary judgment for LINA)

Donnell v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 3073 (4th Cir. 2006) (no discovery in ERISA cases)

Willis v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., (W.D. Va. 2005) (granting MetLife’s Motion for Summary Judgment)

Meador v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., (D. Md., Dec. 16, 2005) (summary judgment for LINA)

Stanley v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 312 F.Supp.2d 786 (E.D. Va. 2004)

Williams v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, 250 F. Supp. 2d 641 (E.D. Va. 2003)

Clanton v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 2003 WL 21655276 (E.D. Va. June 10, 2003) (No discovery in ERISA cases)

Burkhart v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 2003 WL 21655486 (E.D. Va. June 11, 2003) (discovery in ERISA cases)

Martin v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 2002 WL 32072618 (2002), aff'd 2003 WL 21008667 (4th Cir. 2003) (summary judgment for MetLife)

Public Service
Board member, Horizons of Hampton Roads, 2004-present
Chairman, Project Exile Community Support Foundation, 1998-2000